Following Strikeforce female champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos’ utter destruction of Jan Finney on the main card of Saturday’s “Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Werdum” event, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said the former pro boxer will provide the Brazilian’s next challenge provided she wins in a yet-to-be announced late summer tune-up.

“Erin Toughill is someone we’re going to invite into the cage to fight here,” Coker said. “Before the end of the year, you’ll see ‘Cyborg’ (10-1 MMA, 4-0 SF) and her in the cage.”

Coker first began discussing a matchup between ‘Cyborg’ and the former professional boxer in January. Toughill was then targeted for a preliminary card contest at this past April’s “Strikeforce: Nashville,” but the former “American Gladiators” star in March said she was planning on leaving the promotion before ever actually making her debut.

Toughill later reversed course, and Coker said all is now well between the fighter and the promotion.

“There are miscommunications between the fighter and the promoter sometimes, but the core of it is the fighters want to fight, and the promoters want to promote,” Coker told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “We’re all on the same page, except when we’re not on the same page.”

But what if Santos defeats Toughill, too? As the one-sided beatdown of Finney proved, putting an unqualified contender in the cage with “Cyborg” leads to results more suited for a horror flick than a mixed martial arts broadcast.

Coker said he’s still planning on an eight-woman tournament, and – at least as far as he knew – there are still females who actually want to fight for the right to face-off with the Brazilian terminator.

“Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ proved she’s the No. 1 female fighter in the world, hands down,” Coker said. “When we talk about the next opponent for her, we will be engaging in a tournament for 135 (pounders) first, and then we’ll go up to 145 (pounds).

“There are girl out there from Europe that want to fight her, so we’ll put some fights together.”

While Finney might have a word or two of advice for those potential title challengers, Coker said he’ll continue to identify the best opponents in the world to face his female star.

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